Re: [gentoo-user] Old ATI Radeon RV350 driver broken after system update
On 2013-01-03 13:59, Bruce Hill wrote: xorg-server-1.13.1 (25 Dec 2012) Your mirror must be *really* lagging. :( Not so much: 30 Dec 2012; Agostino Sarubbo a...@gentoo.org xorg-server-1.13.1.ebuild: Stable for amd64, wrt bug #448562 This was the second update since then, maybe the first time (around Jan 1st) the mirror was lagging a bit. (Since I didn't know for sure that it was xorg-server's fault or if it was fixed there I didn't keyword that package.) Peter.
Re: [gentoo-user] Old ATI Radeon RV350 driver broken after system update
On 2012-12-04 19:52, Peter Weilbacher wrote: Right, I did that now, and have the framebuffer splash back. X also starts but the whole system locks hard once gdm tries to paint the login area. Unfortunately, after rebooting the log doesn't give me any useful output. I have to fiddle around with the setup a bit to see what's wrong, maybe something's still missing. I didn't find out anything after that, although I rebooted quite a few times. But I'm happy to see that today's update of x11-base/xorg-server-1.13.1 (from 1.13.0-r1) fixed my crashes. Now I'm a happy X user again. :-) Peter.
Re: [gentoo-user] Old ATI Radeon RV350 driver broken after system update
On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 11:59:55AM +0100, Peter Weilbacher wrote: But I'm happy to see that today's update of x11-base/xorg-server-1.13.1 (from 1.13.0-r1) fixed my crashes. Now I'm a happy X user again. :-) xorg-server-1.13.1 (25 Dec 2012) Your mirror must be *really* lagging. :( -- Happy Penguin Computers ') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ supp...@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting
Re: [gentoo-user] Old ATI Radeon RV350 driver broken after system update
On 2012-11-30 18:47, Mick wrote: On Friday 30 Nov 2012 09:01:35 Peter Weilbacher wrote: I have the same problem and this solution sucks. :-( Before this update I had such a nice console setup with framebuffer splash, a nice small font, and a Gentoo decoration around it. Really sad to see that go. KMS should provide framebuffer now, so have you set KMS and firmware correctly? I just didn't realize that this is the case, so maybe my setup is wrong. I'll study the documentation again. Cheers, Peter.
Re: [gentoo-user] Old ATI Radeon RV350 driver broken after system update
2012/12/4 Peter Weilbacher newss...@weilbacher.org On 2012-11-30 18:47, Mick wrote: On Friday 30 Nov 2012 09:01:35 Peter Weilbacher wrote: I have the same problem and this solution sucks. :-( Before this update I had such a nice console setup with framebuffer splash, a nice small font, and a Gentoo decoration around it. Really sad to see that go. KMS should provide framebuffer now, so have you set KMS and firmware correctly? I just didn't realize that this is the case, so maybe my setup is wrong. I'll study the documentation again. Cheers, Peter. Don't forget to disable all the drivers in Support for frame buffer devices of your kernel configuration. Regards, -- Jacques
Re: [gentoo-user] Old ATI Radeon RV350 driver broken after system update
On 2012-12-04 11:05, Jacques Montier wrote: 2012/12/4 Peter Weilbacher newss...@weilbacher.org On 2012-11-30 18:47, Mick wrote: KMS should provide framebuffer now, so have you set KMS and firmware correctly? I just didn't realize that this is the case, so maybe my setup is wrong. I'll study the documentation again. Don't forget to disable all the drivers in Support for frame buffer devices of your kernel configuration. Right, I did that now, and have the framebuffer splash back. X also starts but the whole system locks hard once gdm tries to paint the login area. Unfortunately, after rebooting the log doesn't give me any useful output. I have to fiddle around with the setup a bit to see what's wrong, maybe something's still missing. Cheers, Peter.
Re: [gentoo-user] Old ATI Radeon RV350 driver broken after system update
On 2012-11-28 00:08, Mick wrote: On Tuesday 27 Nov 2012 17:18:43 design [depois das dez] wrote: My video driver is an ATI Radeon 9600 (RV350) and somebody has already updated the section on the Gentoo wiki http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Radeon#Kernels_.3E.3D3.0.0 informing that there might be incompatibilities concerning the RV350 firmware. I just don't have enough understanding of the video related parts of the system to tweak and fix this issue. How should I proceed when I have a problem of this sort? [...] The link you provided says that you should disable framebuffer in your kernel config. Have you tried that? I have the same problem and this solution sucks. :-( Before this update I had such a nice console setup with framebuffer splash, a nice small font, and a Gentoo decoration around it. Really sad to see that go. Peter.
Re: [gentoo-user] Old ATI Radeon RV350 driver broken after system update
On Friday 30 Nov 2012 09:01:35 Peter Weilbacher wrote: On 2012-11-28 00:08, Mick wrote: On Tuesday 27 Nov 2012 17:18:43 design [depois das dez] wrote: My video driver is an ATI Radeon 9600 (RV350) and somebody has already updated the section on the Gentoo wiki http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Radeon#Kernels_.3E.3D3.0.0 informing that there might be incompatibilities concerning the RV350 firmware. I just don't have enough understanding of the video related parts of the system to tweak and fix this issue. How should I proceed when I have a problem of this sort? [...] The link you provided says that you should disable framebuffer in your kernel config. Have you tried that? I have the same problem and this solution sucks. :-( Before this update I had such a nice console setup with framebuffer splash, a nice small font, and a Gentoo decoration around it. Really sad to see that go. Peter. KMS should provide framebuffer now, so have you set KMS and firmware correctly? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
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I have a Radeon X800 GTO (R480) and I had problems with Gnome 3, namely it would not run in standard mode, For that I had to enable modsetting on the kernel. Device Drivers --- Graphics support --- Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support) --- [*] Enable modesetting on radeon by default - NEW DRIVER Hope this helps, Clemente Em 27-11-2012 23:08, Mick escreveu: On Tuesday 27 Nov 2012 17:18:43 design [depois das dez] wrote: Fellow Gentooers, although I am very happy running a Gentoo box, sometimes I bump into some difficulties, esp. when updating packages. This time I am having a hard time reconfiguring my video card, which was fine but is not anymore after the last system update I've made. Gnome session goes up as usual but the resolution is not fine and monitor complains about not being in the recommended mode. My video driver is an ATI Radeon 9600 (RV350) and somebody has already updated the section on the Gentoo wiki http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Radeon#Kernels_.3E.3D3.0.0 informing that there might be incompatibilities concerning the RV350 firmware. I just don't have enough understanding of the video related parts of the system to tweak and fix this issue. How should I proceed when I have a problem of this sort? How do I know what is the video backend in my system? Is Xorg the only one possible? What can I do to fix this problem? The link you provided says that you should disable framebuffer in your kernel config. Have you tried that?
Re: [gentoo-user] Old ATI Radeon RV350 driver broken after system update
2012/11/28 Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com On Tuesday 27 Nov 2012 17:18:43 design [depois das dez] wrote: Fellow Gentooers, although I am very happy running a Gentoo box, sometimes I bump into some difficulties, esp. when updating packages. This time I am having a hard time reconfiguring my video card, which was fine but is not anymore after the last system update I've made. Gnome session goes up as usual but the resolution is not fine and monitor complains about not being in the recommended mode. My video driver is an ATI Radeon 9600 (RV350) and somebody has already updated the section on the Gentoo wiki http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Radeon#Kernels_.3E.3D3.0.0 informing that there might be incompatibilities concerning the RV350 firmware. I just don't have enough understanding of the video related parts of the system to tweak and fix this issue. How should I proceed when I have a problem of this sort? How do I know what is the video backend in my system? Is Xorg the only one possible? What can I do to fix this problem? The link you provided says that you should disable framebuffer in your kernel config. Have you tried that? -- Regards, Mick Hi, I have the same video card as yours (ATI 9600 RV350) on my old laptop and tried the new driver by enabling modesetting on radeon by default. Device Drivers - Graphic support - Direct Rendering Manager (y) - ATI Radeon (y) - Enable Modesetting on radeon by default (y). I installed the sys-kernel/linux-firmware package, and enabled include in-kernel firmware blobs in kernel binary Device Drivers - Generic Driver Options - include in-kernel firmware blobs in kernel binary (y) I let empty External firmware blobs to build into the kernel binary. It did not work until i disabled ALL the drivers in Support for frame buffer devices. Device Drivers - Graphic support - Support for frame buffer devices. I hope that will help. Regards, -- Jacques
Re: [gentoo-user] Old ATI Radeon RV350 driver broken after system update
Jacques, you are the man! Thank you so much for your detailed explanation. I had actually everything right, except the (y) for include in-kernel firmware blobs in kernel binary, which I was advised some time ago of not adding it. Why should I need that? I thought I was using the open-source firmware when opted for sys-kernel/linux-firmware. Mick and Clemente, thanks anyway for your attention as well. On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Jacques Montier jmont...@gmail.com wrote: 2012/11/28 Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com On Tuesday 27 Nov 2012 17:18:43 design [depois das dez] wrote: Fellow Gentooers, although I am very happy running a Gentoo box, sometimes I bump into some difficulties, esp. when updating packages. This time I am having a hard time reconfiguring my video card, which was fine but is not anymore after the last system update I've made. Gnome session goes up as usual but the resolution is not fine and monitor complains about not being in the recommended mode. My video driver is an ATI Radeon 9600 (RV350) and somebody has already updated the section on the Gentoo wiki http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Radeon#Kernels_.3E.3D3.0.0 informing that there might be incompatibilities concerning the RV350 firmware. I just don't have enough understanding of the video related parts of the system to tweak and fix this issue. How should I proceed when I have a problem of this sort? How do I know what is the video backend in my system? Is Xorg the only one possible? What can I do to fix this problem? The link you provided says that you should disable framebuffer in your kernel config. Have you tried that? -- Regards, Mick Hi, I have the same video card as yours (ATI 9600 RV350) on my old laptop and tried the new driver by enabling modesetting on radeon by default. Device Drivers - Graphic support - Direct Rendering Manager (y) - ATI Radeon (y) - Enable Modesetting on radeon by default (y). I installed the sys-kernel/linux-firmware package, and enabled include in-kernel firmware blobs in kernel binary Device Drivers - Generic Driver Options - include in-kernel firmware blobs in kernel binary (y) I let empty External firmware blobs to build into the kernel binary. It did not work until i disabled ALL the drivers in Support for frame buffer devices. Device Drivers - Graphic support - Support for frame buffer devices. I hope that will help. Regards, -- Jacques
Re: [gentoo-user] Old ATI Radeon RV350 driver broken after system update
On Tuesday 27 Nov 2012 17:18:43 design [depois das dez] wrote: Fellow Gentooers, although I am very happy running a Gentoo box, sometimes I bump into some difficulties, esp. when updating packages. This time I am having a hard time reconfiguring my video card, which was fine but is not anymore after the last system update I've made. Gnome session goes up as usual but the resolution is not fine and monitor complains about not being in the recommended mode. My video driver is an ATI Radeon 9600 (RV350) and somebody has already updated the section on the Gentoo wiki http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Radeon#Kernels_.3E.3D3.0.0 informing that there might be incompatibilities concerning the RV350 firmware. I just don't have enough understanding of the video related parts of the system to tweak and fix this issue. How should I proceed when I have a problem of this sort? How do I know what is the video backend in my system? Is Xorg the only one possible? What can I do to fix this problem? The link you provided says that you should disable framebuffer in your kernel config. Have you tried that? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
